spring2017magazine

MitcheLL coLLege of Business
50th Anniversary
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
AUGUST
17 Student Kickoff Celebration Mitchell College
17 Alumni Gathering Fairhope
SEPTEMBER
8 Tailgate JAGS vs. Oklahoma State
14 Alumni Gathering Downtown Mobile
16 Tailgate JAGS vs. Alabama A&M
21 Alumni Gathering Gulf Shores
23 Tailgate JAGS vs. Idaho
28 Alumni gathering West Mobile
OCTOBER
1 Alumni Picnic Spanish Fort
5 Alumni Gathering Birmingham
12 Alumni Gathering Pensacola
19 Alumni Gathering Biloxi
20 Homecoming Gathering Mitchell College
21 Tailgate (Homecoming) JAGS vs. Louisiana-Monroe
25 Alumni Gathering Atlanta
26 Tailgate JAGS at GA State (Atlanta)
28 5oth Anniversary Gala USA Student Center
OUT OF PRACTICE
THE PATH TO SATISFACTION
T
here is more to Jere Friedman than meets the eye. At first
glance, the honor graduate of the Mitchell College of
Business and Georgetown University Law Center is a successful
attorney with Weiss Brown, a business and technology law firm in
Scottsdale, Arizona. Specializing in business start-ups, securities
offerings, and mergers and acquisitions for over 20 years, he has
earned a reputation as a highly skilled financial law expert and
valued mentor of new attorneys. Taking a second look at Jere
gives you a more complete picture: an individual who is not only
successful using traditional measures but someone that is finding
true fulfillment.
A native of Mobile, Jere followed a somewhat convoluted
path to South. After graduating from high school in 1972,
he attended the University of Colorado in Boulder. During
his first year there, however, he discovered that something
was missing. “I’d grown up knowing that I would follow
in my brothers’ footsteps to go on to college, but once I got
there I realized that I had no idea what I wanted to do in
life.” So Jere dropped out after his first year and spent the
next several years living in different places and working at
various entry-level jobs.
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